Ryparosa.] xvii. flacourtiace^. 165 



narrowed ; nerves 4 pairs sub-erect and midrib prominent beneath, 

 6 to 10 in. long, 2*5 to 4*5 in. wide; petioles i to 1*25 in. long, 

 winged at top. Racemes axillary and from below the leaves 

 6 to 9 in. long, elongating in fruit. Flowers dark yellow. Males, 

 pedicel 'i in. long. Calyx teeth 3, broad ovate, reflexed. Petals 5 

 oblong-ovate pubescent outside ; scales triangular silky. Stamen- 

 tube pubescent ; anthers 5 ovate. Females, disc annular with 5 

 conical staminodes. Ovary globular, pubescent. Stigmas 2 sub- 

 bifid yellow. Fruit globular, 75 in. through, creamy grey with 

 light spots, pubescent, i-seeded. Hab. Dense jungle 400 to 600 ft. 

 altitude. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 



(2) R. Hullettii King, I.e. 126. 



Glabrous. Leaves membranous, . obovate-elliptic, glabrous, 

 abruptly cuspidate sub-acute, base narrowed, light green above, 

 pale green beneath ; nerves 3 pairs ascending and midrib prominent 

 beneath, 5 to 7 in. long, -3 in. wide; petioles i'5 in. long. Male 

 racemes axillary 12 to 15 in. long, puberulous. Calyx with 3 ovate 

 teeth. Petals 5 ovate; scales densely silky. Staminal tube 

 glabrous ; anthers 5 ovate. Female flowers, calyx cup-shaped. 

 Pistil cylindric with a 4-lobed stigma. Fruit fusiform 4-angled 

 reticulate pustular i'5 in. long. Hab. Dense forest, local and rare. 

 Singapore, Bukit Timah fern valley and Chan Chu Kang. 



(3) R. Wallichii Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 73, p. 139. 

 A tree. Branchlets covered with red hair. Leaves glabrous 



above coriaceous lanceolate-oblong, base slightly narrowed, apex 

 acuminate acute, pale beneath; midrib hairy; nerves 5 pairs 

 elevate beneath, at first hairy, 8 to 10 in. long, 2 in. wide ; petioles 

 1-5 in. long. Male, spikes 6 to 9 in. long, rachis hairy. Bracts 

 small lanceolate. Flowers scattered yellow '2 in. across ; pedicels 

 •25 in. long. Sepals ovate short blunt hairy. Petals 4 or 5 much 

 longer, ovate hairy inflexed; scales half the size of the petals, 

 hairy. Staminal column glabrous; anthers 4 or 5 oblong. Hab. 

 In forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Penang, " A climber from 

 the hills, October " (Walhch 7847B and Herb. Finlayson 7847A). 



The spikes in Wallich's specimens (very young) are borne in the axils of 

 the leaves, in the Singapore plant they are fully developed on the trunk. 



(4) R. Kunstleri King, I.e. 127; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 



134. Pl- 157- . , ^ , ^ 



A big tree 40 to 100 ft. tall, 15 to 24 m. through, glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous, glossy dark green, ovate-oblong to oblong 

 bluntly short acuminate, base narrowed beneath, reticulate; mid- 

 rib and nerves 5 to 7 pairs prominent, 5 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 3*5 in. 

 wide; petioles 1*25 to 175 in. long, swollen and bent at apex. 

 Racemes axillary i to 3 together, male ones 6 to 8 in., females 

 3 to 4 in. long. Male, calyx pubescent, teeth ovate. Petals 

 oblong lanceolate pubescent outside; scales silky. Staminal tube 



